Today’s NaPoWriMo theme was inspired by the first line of T.S. Eliot’s poem, “The Waste Land”. Eliot asserts that the “April is the cruelest month”, but it’s been pretty fantastic so far. Below is my list poem nominating January for the cruelty award.

(I almost couldn’t persuade my brain to write poetry after The Walking Dead finale. Can you believe the ending?!)


 

NaPoWriMo Day 4 – The Cruelest Month

January is the cruelest month:
Christmas is gone
Credit is high
Resolutions are made
Then are broken
Everything is new
Yet the same